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USS Iowa BB-61 (1941)

By: Hobby Boss

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Model Kits - Ship (1/350) (Hobby Boss)

MSRP old price: $299.99


Product Info

Title
USS Iowa BB-61 (1941)
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2011
Dimensions
25.5x9.5x2.5"
NKG Part #
2148082136
MFG. Part #
HBB86517
Type
Scale Model

Description

The Iowa was launched on August 27, 1942 and served on March 22 the following year. She moved to the Pacific in 1944 and joined the Pacific Fleet, she participated in the Marshall Islands Battle of the Mariana Islands, the Battle of Leyte Gulf and other battles. She was involved in the Korean War in the 1950s and was used post-war as a training ship, she entered the reserve and then was re-enabled in the 1980s. In April 17, 1989, the Iowa's turret explosion killed 47 sailors. In 1990, Iowa received a decommissioning notice and was removed from the list of active-duty warship on March 17, 2006, and transferred to a Texas Bay National Defense Reserve fleet of the old warship group. In the future the Iowa will become a floating museum.

Kit consists of:

  • 25 sprues including hull made from multi-directional slide molds.
  • Deck wood pattern finely rendered
  • Photo etched upgrade parts
  • Gun, secondary gun
  • Chain, Crane, & Radar
  • 2 x OS2U aircraft
  • Search Light & Life boats
  • Display stand and engraved name plate

    Dimensions of completed model:

  • Length: 773 mm
  • Beam: 100 mm

    Models & Model Kits are supplied unpainted and unassembled unless otherwise noted.